Golden Farm Thoroughbreds Limited was founded by Kevin Blake, Ivan Yates and Andrew Yates in May 2020 with a view to buying a number of high-quality broodmares to breed Flat racehorses on a commercial basis. Investors were invited to join on a five-year cycle where the ultimate purpose of the company was to produce yearlings for sale. During the summer of 2020 a further eight investors came aboard.

Following the successful launch of Golden Farm Thoroughbreds, a second fund named Golden Farm Bloodstock Limited was launched in 2021 that was open to both existing and new investors. This fund was initiated on a similar basis to Golden Farm Thoroughbreds and three broodmares, namely Kalaatah, Entrancing and Fragrant Storm, were purchased on behalf of the fund.

With all Golden Farm investment funds, there is a great amount of emphasis placed on achieving the highest standard of corporate governance, transparency, communication and professionalism. With this in mind, Andrew Yates manages all legal and financial aspects of Golden Farm Thoroughbreds as well as being the main point of contact for investors.

In 2022, Golden Farm Thoroughbreds sold their first yearlings at public auction, with a colt by Soldier’s Call out of Rush realising £105,000 at the Goffs UK Premier Yearling Sale. This was soon followed by the sale of a colt by Ten Sovereigns out of Tracing that made 70,000gns at the Tattersalls December Yearling Sale, capping an excellent first year of sales for the fund. As of the end of 2024, four graduates of Golden Farm Thoroughbreds have reached the racecourse with three of them having won already and the other having been placed multiples times as a two-year-old in 2024.

In the summer of 2024, Golden Farm Thoroughbreds and Golden Farm Bloodstock were merged to consolidate their equine assets and benefit from enhanced economies of scales. Golden Farm Thoroughbreds now has a total of six broodmares in the fund and Paul McKeon has taken the reins as Chairman.